Isolation Station Ring by Niki White

This ring is available in size O.

An evolving series of handcrafted jewellery born from a conceptual contemporary art practice. Produced in small batch editions between exhibitions and commissions.

Artist:

Niki Henipaiaro White is a Taranaki born artist, currently living under the care of the mountains of the South Island, New Zealand.  Her iwi are Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Toa Rangatira & Kai Tahu - Kati Wheke.  Nikis work explores processes common to sculpture and installation, exploring scale and indigenous craft practises.  Her work has Mātauranga Māori at it’s core, melding Te Ao Maori with contemporary craft practises, shifting continuously between ancient and contemporary making practises. She has a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts (3D Design) Majoring in Contemporary Craft & a Bachelor of Health Science specialising in research of Indigenous models of health.

Te Ao Māori is central to Nikis work. Researching site specific materials and indigenous stories to respond with various 3D making contemporary craft processes. Her current work explores scale using a mix of ancient techniques more commonly found in a blacksmiths studio, such as forging and Japanese water casting.

Niki works in the realm of nature, creating opportunities for processes and the uncontrollable to guide outcomes, while incorporating site specific aspects . The results are explorative pieces that look volcanic, as if they’ve been unearthed. This reflects an interest in indigenous craft philosophies and in particular the awareness of natures materials possessing Mauri. 

Each body of work is made as a limited edition series or one off pieces.

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niki@nikiwhite.co.nz